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As a very long term iOS user, when I saw this headline my first reaction was why is keyboard privacy even a thing i've never even bothered changing the keyboard
by tumblewit 6y ago
As a very long term iOS user, when I saw this headline my first reaction was why is keyboard privacy even a thing i've never even bothered changing the keyboard of iOS and would certainly be prompted for any suspicious activity like mic or camera and would instantly reject it if i ever installed one. But this is very complicated on Android. I once maintained an Android phone for my Dad and the permissions prompt on that are so overwhelming that it's very easy to get people into 'accepting all' and I feel like this is the idea behind the design by Google. One shouldn't be worried about a keyboard spying about you and should be as easy as flip of a switch in settings from not allowing it but it's a lot more complicated than that on Android.
- sepnax 6y agoI don't know if this post was supposed to be funny, but it certainly made me laugh.
- Kelamir 6y ago> and should be as easy as flip of a switch in settings from not allowing it but it's a lot more complicated than that on Android. One can just check the permissions of a keyboard to see if it includes internet access. If it does, don't use it.
- izacus 6y agoWell, iOS uses the same differential ML approach for their keyboard suggestion learning just like Google's GBoard does. So you kinda have the same concern there.